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[PATCH] website: Link to the new packages browser

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From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 59385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59385: [PATCH] website: Link to the new packages browser
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:01:38 +0000

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hola Luis,
>
> Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com> skribis:
>
>> From 29723b3c711db2316e1fb66d252de769494b4a98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:06:03 -0500
>> Subject: [PATCH] website: Remove packages app.
>>
>> There is a new package browser at https://packages.guix.gnu.org/. It
>> is not necessary to generate a static package catalog anymore.
>>
>> * website/apps/packages: Remove it.
>> * website/tests/apps/packages: Likewise.
>> * website/haunt.scm (site): Remove packages builder.
>> * website/tests/all.scm: Don't import packages tests.
>
> I realized we still need to build /sources.json and /packages.json, so I
> kept these and removed all the rest (commit
> 412ac3958bf288c56fded35d0a632c530e57ef8f).
>
> Maybe we’ll eventually build them on Cuirass or something.

Back before /packages.json was around, I was thinking the Guix Data
Service could provide this information. I think that might require
storing a bit more information on package sources, but it should be
quite possible (to serve both the sources.json and packages.json files).

Chris

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